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Complete List of Upcoming Events
2012–2013
Next: September 20, 2013: Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Challenges in Global Financial Services
March 13, 2013: Career Panel Discussion
March 4, 2013: Panel Discussion
February 21, 2013: Panel Discussion
February 15, 2013: Global Business Ethics Conference
November 13, 2012, JD-MBA Joint Degree Program
November 12, 2012, Panel Discussion
April 17, 2013: Career Panel Discussion
2011–2012
April 10, 2012, Career Panel Discussion
March 24, 2012, Bric by Bric Conference
February 28, 2012, Career Panel Discussion
February 17, 2012, Career Panel Discussion
February 15, 2012, Panel Discussion
December 7, 2011, Movie Screening and Discussion
November 8, 2011, JD-MBA Joint Degree Program
2010–2011
2009–2010March 26, 2011, Asia Tomorrow Conference
March 23, 2011, Movie Screening and Discussion
March 9, 2011, Career Panel Discussion
February 9, 2011, Career Panel Discussion
November 15, 2010, Career Panel Discussion
November 10, 2010, Career Panel Discussion
April 21, 2010: Career Panel Discussion
March 23, 2010: Career Panel Discussion
March 10, 2010: Career Panel Discussion
November 4, 2009: Panel Discussion
October 29: New JD-MBA Joint Degree Program
2008–2009
Spring Financial Crisis Lecture Series2002–2008
January 5: Panel Discussion
December 3: Career Panel Discussion
November 20: Career Panel Discussion
October 2: Panel Discussion
September 23: Career Panel Discussion
April 2008: Career Panel Discussion
November 2007: Career Panel Discussion
Spring 2007: Yale Symposium on Corporate Governance
October 2005 Symposium: "Reassessing Director Elections"
October 2003: International Symposium in Paris
February 2002: Enron Panel Discussion
September 20, 2013
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Career Panel: "Careers in Consulting" Charrissa Lin, Wellspring Consulting; Grant Martinez '10, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (and previously of Boston Consulting Group); Naveed Rashid '11, McKinsey & Co. RSVP at CMS. Co-sponsored with the Career Development Office. |
March 4, 2013
| Panel Discussion on Executive Compensation: Who's Listening to Say on Pay? Panelists Arthur Kohn, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Stephen Brown, Associate General Counsel, TIAA-CREF; moderated by Jonathan R. Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law, Yale Law School. Co-sponsored with the American Constitution Society. |
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February 21, 2013
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Panel Discussion: "Emerging Issues in M&A Law: A Case Study Presented by Sullivan & Cromwell" Panelists: Melissa Sawyer, Marc Trevino '93, Partners; Jason Tyler, Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; moderated by Jonathan R. Macey, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law, Yale Law School. Co-sponsored with the Yale Law & Business Society and the Career Development Office. |
February 15, 2013
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November 13, 2012
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Panel Discussion: "Is the YLS-SOM 3-year JD-MBA Joint Degree Program for You?" Panelists: Bob Borek '13 (JD and MBA); Marjan Firouzgar '14 (JD and MBA); Fiona Heckscher '14 (JD and MBA); Taylor Hedrick '13 (JD and MBA); Daud Munir '13 (JD and MBA); Daniel Weisfield '14 (JD and MBA); Jim Williamson '13 (JD and MBA); Barry Nalebuff, Milton Steinbach Professor of Management, Yale School of Management; Moderator: Roberta Romano '80, Sterling Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Co-sponsored with the Career Development Office. |
November 12, 2012
Panel: "SEC Decisionmaking and Rulemaking: An Agency under Pressure" Panelists: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partners David M. Becker, former SEC General Counsel; Alan L. Beller, former Director, SEC Division of Corporate Finance; and Craig B. Brod '80 (moderator) |
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April 10, 2012
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Career Panel: "Careers at Technology Companies and Startups" |
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March 24, 2012
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BRIC by BRIC: An Emerging Markets Conference |
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February 28, 2012
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Career Panel: "What Do Transactional Lawyers Do?" Panelists: Nishka Chandrasoma '06, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP; Sue Meng '10, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Aaron Schlaphoff '04, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Co-sponsored with the Career Development Office. |
February 17, 2012
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Career Panel: "Careers in Consulting" |
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February 15, 2012
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Panel Discussion: "Emerging Issues in M&A Law: A Case Study Presented by Sullivan & Cromwell" |
December 7, 2011
| Movie Screening and Discussion: "Margin Call" Comments from Yale Law School professors Ian Ayres '86,William K. Townsend Professor of Law; Jonathan Macey '82, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law; moderated by Roberta Romano '80, Sterling Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Co-sponsored with the Yale Law & Business Society.
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November 8, 2011
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 Chris Hurtado ’12, Jackie Carter ’12, Rebekah Melville (SOM Admissions), Chris Hines ‘12 |
Panel Discussion: "Is the YLS-SOM Accelerated Integrated 3-year JD-MBA Joint Degree Program for You?" |
March 26, 2011
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Asia Tomorrow 3.0: Technology's Next Transition |
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March 23, 2011
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Movie Screening and Disussion: "Inside Job" |
March 9, 2011
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Career Panel: "Careers in Consulting" |
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February 9, 2011
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Career Panel: "What Do Transactional Lawyers Do?" |
November 15, 2010
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Career Panel: "In-House Legal Practice" |
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November 10, 2010
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Career Panel: "Careers in Finance" |
April 21, 2010
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Career Panel: "Careers in Finance" |
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March 23, 2010
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Career Panel:"What Do Corporate Lawyers Do?" Panelists: Michael Bretholz ’06, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Marcia Governale '03, Hemenway & Barnes LLP; Jonathan Spencer '06, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Co-sponsored with the Career Development Office. |
March 10, 2010
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Career Panel: "Careers in Consulting" |
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November 4, 2009
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Panel Discussion: "Lawyering and the Financial Crisis" |
October 29, 2009
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| Panel Discussion: "Is the New YLS-SOM Accelerated Integrated 3-year JD-MBA Joint Degree Program for You?" Panelists: Beth Foster ’11 (JD and MBA); Kristen Ghattas '10 (JD and MBA); Barry Nalebuff, Milton Steinbach Professor of Management, SOM; Doug Rand '10 (JD and MBA); Eric Robinson '83 JD and MBA, Partner (Corporate Group), Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and YLS Visiting Lecturer in Law; Roberta Romano '80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Co-sponsored with the Career Development Office. |
 From left: Roberta Romano ’80; Eric Robinson ’83; Doug Rand ’10; SOM Prof. Barry Nalebuff; Beth Foster ’11; Kristen Ghattas ’10 |
Spring 2009
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Financial Crisis Lecture Series
Over the 2009 Spring term, the Center sponsored a program on the financial crisis, “Industry Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis,” a series of lectures and panels featuring prominent executives of financial institutions, legal practitioners and financial journalists. The series was hosted by Gregory J. Fleming '88, YLS Senior Research Scholar, Center Distinguished Visiting Fellow, and former President and Chief Operating Officer, Merrill Lynch & Co., and Roberta Romano ‘80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Center Director. The series was co-sponsored with the Yale Law & Business Society, with selected programs also co-sponsored with the Yale Law and Media Program.
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 Nina Sassoon '10 |
 Rodge Cohen |
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 From left: Lawrence Makow, Roberta Romano '80, Jon Eisenberg, Greg Fleming '88, Rodge Cohen |
January 5, 2009
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Panel Discussion: "The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?
Panelists: Gary B. Gorton, Professor of Finance, Yale, SOM; Michael Klausner '81, Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Andrew Metrick, Professor of Finance, Yale, SOM; moderated by Roberta Romano '80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Co-sponsored with the Yale Law School Association of Northern California and the Yale School of Management.
 From left: Gary B. Gorton, Roberta Romano '80, Andrew Metrick and Michael Klausner '81 |
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December 3, 2008
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Career Panel: "What Do Transactional Lawyers Do?" |
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November 20, 2008
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Career Panel: "Careers in Banking, Hedge Funds and Private Equity" |
October 2, 2008
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Panel Discussion: "What's Going on in the Financial Markets?" |
September 23, 2008| Reading Materials | Video | Photos |
Career Panel: "What Does a General Counsel Do?"
Panelists: Ben Heineman '71, former General Counsel, General Electric; Siri Marshall '74, former General Counsel, General Mills, Inc.; William McDavid '72, former General Counsel, JP Morgan Chase; moderated by Roberta Romano '80, Oscar M. Ruebhausen Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. Co-sponsored with the Yale Law School Career Development Office and Yale Law & Business Society.
April 15, 2008
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Career Panel: "Careers in Banking, Hedge Funds and Private Equity" |
November 14, 2007
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Career Panel: "What Do Corporate Lawyers Do?" |
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Spring 2007
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Yale Symposium on Corporate Governance
This interdisciplinary symposium, jointly sponsored by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management, brought to Yale distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines to present current research on corporate governance, broadly defined to encompass cutting-edge issues of the day concerning business organizations and the markets and regulatory environments in which they operate. Michael C. Jensen, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School, gave the inaugural symposium at the Law School. His topic was "Integrity: A Positive Model with Applications to Corporate Governance and Finance."
 (From left:) Yale School of Management Professor Shyam Sunder and Dean Joel Podolny, Roberta Romano '80, Michael Eisenson (JD and MPPM '81), Michael Jensen, and Dean Harold Koh. |
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 Professors Al Klevorick and Ian Ayres '86 |
October 7, 2005
| Complete Program | Papers, Videos and Speaker Biographies | Photos |
Symposium on: "Reassessing Director Elections"
The Center sponsored an all-day symposium at the Law School on "Reassessing Director Elections." The symposium brought together a mix of academics, practitioners, members of the investment community and government. The program consisted of four panels that discussed: consideration of alternatives to plurality voting; the role and perspective of institutions in elections, a comparative perspective on director elections in other countries; and issues of federalism and elections.
A grant from the Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation provided financial support for the symposium.
 Panelists discuss alternatives to plurality voting in director elections. From left: Alan Gerber, Margaret M. Foran, Robert Todd Lang '47, and John Wilcox. |
 Jonathan Macey '82 makes a point during a session on Federalism and Elections, as Lucian Bebchuk looks on. |
 Panelists discuss director elections abroad. From left: Guido Ferrarini '78 LLM, Reinier Kraakman '79, Roberta Romano '80, Mark Ramseyer, and Laurence Hazell. |
October 21, 2003
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Keynote Address by Jean-François Lepetit, Chairman of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse
International Symposium on: "Assessing Corporate Law Reform in the Transatlantic Context"
This all-day conference, organized by the Law School, the Center, and alumni in Paris, brought together scholars from Yale and eminent European institutions, public officials and business leaders to assess reforms now being implemented or examined in Europe and the United States in the areas of corporate law, market regulation and corporate governance.
Panels on corporate governance reform, financial market reform, the proposed EU takeover directive and corporate restructuring and mobility explored the public-policy decisions being made, the stakes for market participants and for society, and the concrete results expected.
 Jean-François Lepetit, Chairman of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse |
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February 15, 2002
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Panel Discussion: "The Enron Situation: A View from the Professions"
Panelists: William T. Allen, Professor of Law and Clinical Professor of Business, and Director, New York University Center for Law and Business, and founding chair of the Independence Standards Board; Rick Antle, Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Management; Richard Ippolito, Professor of Law, George Mason University and former chief economist, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Eugene A. Ludwig '73, Managing Partner, Promontory Financial Group and former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency; Roberta Romano '80, the Allen Duffy/Class of 1960 Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Michael Shepherd, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and former Senior Deputy Comptroller of the Currency and Associate Counsel to the President of the United States; moderated by Alan Schwartz '64, Sterling Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law.
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 Panelists (from left): Michael Shepherd, William T. Allen & Roberta Romano '80 |
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